Re: [A/S] Full Timers #2 of 2

[Terry Tyler <tylerbears@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Norma, there is no formal "full timer" group that requires rigid adherance
to certain rules. In the final analysis, each of us can think of ourselves
in whatever way we wish.  That's one of our freedoms.
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> <<2 - Friends of ours who park their Airstream at various homes of their
> children have upon occasion fallen asleep in their son's Lazy Boy and slept
> through the night in their son's home. When our friend related this story at
> a rally, one of the RVers SHOUTED at him, "You aren't a full timer, you're a
> part timer." The heated discussion that followed ended in stalemate.>>
> 
> Would these friends of mine be considered 'full-time' or 'part=time' boaters?
> They lived full-time on their boat in Alameda (SF bay), raising 2 daughters
> from infancy thru high-school. Now they live and cruise in Mexico on the boat
> except in the hurricane season.  They come back to the bay area (sans boat)
> and stay at her dad's house (and both work to refill coffers) for June -
> September. They left Monday to return to Mexico and I asked my friend how she
> felt about leaving - "I'm looking forward to getting back home", she said.
> Sigh - now I'll miss her until next June.
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Norma, I'll give you my opinion even though I suspect you know it. <grin>

Whether your boating friends consider themselves full time or part time
boaters is really up to them. It is their choice.  It's their life. If there
is a reason for challenging their concepts about themselves, it escapes me.
As Hunter said, it's mystifying.

New topic. Today, I winterized our Summer Airstream ('67 22' Safari). It and
our '63 22' Flying Cloud will be  staying in the Northeast this Winter.  I'm
hoping my efforts to thwart mice will succeed. We'll use our '77 31' Excella
500 this Fall, Winter and Spring.

Terry
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